PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Petty Officer 1st Class Kasia Posey, a native of Marrero, Louisiana, serves aboard USS Somerset, a U.S. Navy warship operating out of San Diego, California, and participating in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in and around the Hawaiian Islands.
Posey graduated from Haralson County High School in 2006.
The skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in Marrero.
“Growing up in and around New Orleans provided me with an array of cultural experiences,” said Posey. “I was introduced to the beauty of culture – Haitian, Cajun, Creole, Vietnamese and so many others. I learned to accept and appreciate everyone.”
Posey joined the Navy 14 years ago. Today, Posey serves as a personnel specialist.
“I came from a long history of military service in my family and was brought up on the values of patriotism,” said Posey. “When I was old enough I wanted to serve in some way to do my part.”
As the world’s largest international maritime exercise, approximately 29 nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, over 150 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel will participate in RIMPAC 2024. This exercise provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring safety at sea and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2024 marks the 29th exercise in a series that began in 1971.
The theme of RIMPAC 2024 is “Partners: Integrated and Prepared.” The participating nations and forces exercise a wide range of capabilities and demonstrate the inherent flexibility of maritime forces. These capabilities range from disaster relief and maritime security operations to sea control and complex warfighting. The relevant, realistic training program includes gunnery, missile, anti-submarine and air defense exercises, as well as amphibious, counter-piracy, mine clearance operations, explosive ordnance disposal and diving and salvage operations.
Posey plays an important role in the exercise.
“This is technically my third RIMPAC, but it never ceases to leave me in awe of all the different nations coming together for one goal,” said Posey.
Posey serves a Navy that operates far forward, around the world and around the clock, promoting the nation’s prosperity and security.
“Serving in the Navy is the opportunity to create a better version of yourself in hopes that it’ll become contagious and someone else will do the same,” said Posey. “It’s about using the best qualities of a variety of backgrounds to create something great.”
Posey is grateful to others for helping make a Navy career possible.
“My brother, Cmdr. Shaun Posey, has been my sounding board my entire life and I will forever be grateful for the mentorship he has provided,” added Posey. “I would also like to thank my current chain of command for believing in me.”
Posey plans to follow their dreams and pursue a future in visual arts after retirement from the Navy.
“My passion is in the visual arts,” said Posey. “I hope to pursue my dreams as a professional wrestler full-time, create music and act once I retire. Until then, I will work toward those goals slowly to create a foundation.”
Hosted by Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, RIMPAC 2024 will be led by Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, Vice Adm. John Wade, who will serve as Combined Task Force (CTF) commander. For the first time in RIMPAC history, a member of the Chilean Navy, Commodore Alberto Guerrero, will serve as deputy commander of the CTF. Rear Adm. Kazushi Yokota of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force will serve as vice commander. Other key leaders of the multinational force will include Commodore Kristjan Monaghan of Canada, who will command the maritime component, and Air Commodore Louise Desjardins of Australia, who will command the air component.
During RIMPAC, a network of capable, adaptive partners train and operate together in order to strengthen their collective forces and promote a free and open Indo-Pacific. RIMPAC 2024 contributes to the increased interoperability, resiliency and agility needed by the Joint and Combined Force to deter and defeat aggression by major powers across all domains and levels of conflict.
More information about RIMPAC is available here: https://www.cpf.navy.mil/RIMPAC/
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| Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jerome Fjeld |
Posey graduated from Haralson County High School in 2006.
The skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in Marrero.
“Growing up in and around New Orleans provided me with an array of cultural experiences,” said Posey. “I was introduced to the beauty of culture – Haitian, Cajun, Creole, Vietnamese and so many others. I learned to accept and appreciate everyone.”
Posey joined the Navy 14 years ago. Today, Posey serves as a personnel specialist.
“I came from a long history of military service in my family and was brought up on the values of patriotism,” said Posey. “When I was old enough I wanted to serve in some way to do my part.”
As the world’s largest international maritime exercise, approximately 29 nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, over 150 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel will participate in RIMPAC 2024. This exercise provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring safety at sea and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2024 marks the 29th exercise in a series that began in 1971.
The theme of RIMPAC 2024 is “Partners: Integrated and Prepared.” The participating nations and forces exercise a wide range of capabilities and demonstrate the inherent flexibility of maritime forces. These capabilities range from disaster relief and maritime security operations to sea control and complex warfighting. The relevant, realistic training program includes gunnery, missile, anti-submarine and air defense exercises, as well as amphibious, counter-piracy, mine clearance operations, explosive ordnance disposal and diving and salvage operations.
Posey plays an important role in the exercise.
“This is technically my third RIMPAC, but it never ceases to leave me in awe of all the different nations coming together for one goal,” said Posey.
Posey serves a Navy that operates far forward, around the world and around the clock, promoting the nation’s prosperity and security.
“Serving in the Navy is the opportunity to create a better version of yourself in hopes that it’ll become contagious and someone else will do the same,” said Posey. “It’s about using the best qualities of a variety of backgrounds to create something great.”
Posey is grateful to others for helping make a Navy career possible.
“My brother, Cmdr. Shaun Posey, has been my sounding board my entire life and I will forever be grateful for the mentorship he has provided,” added Posey. “I would also like to thank my current chain of command for believing in me.”
Posey plans to follow their dreams and pursue a future in visual arts after retirement from the Navy.
“My passion is in the visual arts,” said Posey. “I hope to pursue my dreams as a professional wrestler full-time, create music and act once I retire. Until then, I will work toward those goals slowly to create a foundation.”
Hosted by Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, RIMPAC 2024 will be led by Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, Vice Adm. John Wade, who will serve as Combined Task Force (CTF) commander. For the first time in RIMPAC history, a member of the Chilean Navy, Commodore Alberto Guerrero, will serve as deputy commander of the CTF. Rear Adm. Kazushi Yokota of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force will serve as vice commander. Other key leaders of the multinational force will include Commodore Kristjan Monaghan of Canada, who will command the maritime component, and Air Commodore Louise Desjardins of Australia, who will command the air component.
During RIMPAC, a network of capable, adaptive partners train and operate together in order to strengthen their collective forces and promote a free and open Indo-Pacific. RIMPAC 2024 contributes to the increased interoperability, resiliency and agility needed by the Joint and Combined Force to deter and defeat aggression by major powers across all domains and levels of conflict.
More information about RIMPAC is available here: https://www.cpf.navy.mil/RIMPAC/